• several, severalle, severel(e, fauerall, severelles, severelx, severalx, saverales

for any suche thyng entangled..that they mowe not kepe it severell..I quethe the same vij li. to the meyre of London. a1450 Sentence in YULG 60 Yale 3.34 57 Þis cloos of my fader is seueryl [L apropriata] and noth

• triumphe, trihumphus, treyumple

alle the surpluage Whanne Sesar Iulius kam home with his victorie, Ne ffor the conqueste off Sypion in Cartage, As London made..at the home komyng..off theyre noble Kyng. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 6.2252 Iulius..Al the Senat requeryng be writyng

• uncouplen, uncouple, uncoupil, uncoupul, uncouplede, uncoupuld, uncoupult, uncopled, uncuppilde, unkoupelid, oncoupelid, uncoupled, uncoupeled, unicouplid, oncopelid

that his maystre wol uncouple him to. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 prol.162 I haue ysein segges in þe cite of london Beren biȝes ful briȝte abouten here nekkes vncoupled þei wenden Boþe in wareine & in waste where hem leue

• unpurveien, onpurvaiin, unpurveied, unpurvaid(e, unpourveied, unpourvaid, onpurveied

2.584 I am so yndebted and so vnpurveyed of goode to lyven that I may not ryde ne contynew yn London, but am fayn to wythdrawe me for my pore solasse to Cambrygge. c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr. UC 85 374/27 Whan thou

• upper(e

Grocer Lond. Kingdon 271 This is thacompt of Stephen Broune, Alderman, uppermaister and gouernour of the mistere of grocerie of London. In surname and place name. (1296) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames (3rd ed.) 462 Ralph de Upperton. (1467) RParl. 5.586b Landes

• ure, yre

not in ure of the seide promisse causede the monke electe into abbot to be blissede of the bischop of London. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn. Hrl 2261 486 The noble men, understondynge þat þe kynge wolde not come sende worde to

• usual, usual(l)e, usuel(le

said William Harwedon þe said rent of iiij li. sterling atte iiij termes of þe yeer in þe Citee of London usuell by even porcons. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 370/5 The parte lettyng shold pay c shillings of sterlynges

• verdit, verdit(e, verdith, verdid, verdict, verdoit, veirdit, veredit(e, veridite, voirdit, vordit

a wey with hym that the qwest gaue no verdyt. a1500 Proc.Chanc. in Archaeol.ser.2.6 4 Uppon untrue verydyte yoven in London ther lieth none atteynt. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 2980 Þe king esste at erles & barons wat wer mid

• wain-scot, wainscote, wainskote, wainsckot, wainschot, wainescote, waineskot(e, waineshot, wainneskot, weinscot(te, weinskot, wenscote, wen(e)shot, vainscot, vanscot, wainscots, wainescottes, waineskottis, wagenschottes, weinescotes, waneskottes, waneshottes, vaineschotes, wandschothis, vaynsothes

of the pece vij d., iij s. vj d. (1468) Acc.Howard in RC 57 525 Paid to a Docheman of London fore lxij waneskottes, price of xx s. (1473) Acc. in North Bells Nhp. 371 Item, payd for iij waynscots

• wever(e, wevur, weffer(e

, a weaver of belts (linen, wool, etc.); linen wevere(s craft , an unincorporated organization of the linen weavers of London; (d) in surnames. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Job 7.6 My daiys swiftliere passeden þan of þe weuere þe web

• wonderfulli, wonderfullie, wonderfolliche, wontherfulli, wunderfullie, worderfully, wondirfulliere

Chambre they come where Partanope Hym-self had presoned wondyrfully. c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo. Cleo C.4 142 That same yere the towre of london Brigge ffell a dovne into Tamys, with ij archis, worderfully [read: wonderfully; Gt.Chron. : wonderly]; and no man perisshed.

• botel, botell(e, bottell, bottle

Cromwell haue a pere of botell of siluer & gilt. (1438) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4 330 For a peyr of london botellys, and other smal ger..I owe the forseyd Roberd. (1450) Lin.DDoc. 39/30 To the said Richard, j paire of

• brid-ale, bridal, bridalle, bridell, brud-ale, bruid-, bruit-, brẹd-ale

Alph.Tales Add 25719 172/8 A husbandman was biddyn vnto a kyngis brydall. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 1227/16 To go to London to byghe all maner thynges than longed to the brydale. ?a1475 PParv. Win 49 Brydale: in plurali numero, nupcie.

• advertisen, avert-

Erle of Bowgham, fully advertised to hemselfe..ne durst nat abide his home-cumyng. (?1462) Paston 4.47 Chapman proposyth to be at London in all haste and to avertise the Kyng and my Lord Tresorer ageyn me, to the grettest hurt he

• Candel-masse, condel-

Martymesse. c1450 Audelay Poems Sln 2593 p.7 Wolcum be ye, Candylmesse. (1464) Paston 4.95 I send yow a lettyr to London anon aftyr Kandylmas. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 1119/1 Thus hit passed on frome Candylmas untyll Ester. a1475 Bk.Courtesy Sln

• canevas, canvas(e, canefas, can(e)vace, can(e)was, canvais, canves, caunvas, cambace, cannas, cannes

pakke of cannevas [F de canevaz] boundyn with cordys, iiij d. (c1438) MKempe B Add 61823 243/12 Sche went to London, clad in a cloth of canvas. (1442) Invent.Gild in PSAL ser.2.5 121 In primis, unum dorsour lyned with Canvas

• certainli

certeynlie & of alle his heires. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.286 Þe day of Saynt Hillari þe kyng set..At London certeynli his parlement to haf bien. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 5.100 Certeynlich I am aboute nought, If that I

• chauncerie, chancerie, cha(u)ncelrie, cha(u)ncelerie

of recorde. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb Gg.4.12 257 In this ȝere [1392] the Bank and the Chauncelry was translat fro London to York..But this novelte lastid not longe. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 446/6 By a fyne the which..the abbesse

• chirche-dore, -dọre, -dure, churche-, cherche-, kirk(e-, kurk-

dores. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn. Hrl 2261 479 Þis wrytynge was sette openly on the churche dore at Seynte Paule in London unto the moore confusion of ffreres. a1500 GRom. Add 9066 276 Thise wordes that folowen were written on the

• cirurgie, sirurg(i)e, ciurgie, siurgie, sirurgerie, surgerie, sorgerie

109/1 Þe two Maistres of þe Crafte of Cirurgy, with alle þe Cirurgeans wirkyng in þe Crafte of Cirurgy withinne London. (1423) Let.Bk. in Bk.Lond.E. Gldh LetBk I & K 109/23 Vnkonnynge practisours in Phisyk and vnkonnynge wirkers in þe